Malnutrition plays a major role in clinical and functional impairment in older adults. The use of validated, user-friendly and rapid screening tools for malnutrition in the elderly may improve the diagnosis and, possibly, the prognosis. The aim of...
“A lot of people related to the project on a personal level—they have loved ones who they think could benefit from it. Other people wanted to implement something similar in their own facilities," says Daniel Goltz. Goltz, though still in medical...
Spotlight: For this Medical Student, Program Opens Minds and Doors HPA: CMS Announces Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model and Other Changes to Episode Based Payment Models; SNF's:FInal 2017 Payment & Policy Changes; CMS Announces Next...
Late life depression (LLD), defined as depressive illness in people aged 60 years or older, is more complex than depression presenting in earlier life, with different clinical features and a poorer response to therapy. Different biological factors...
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The study aimed to examine the epidemiology of hypertonic contractures and its relationship with minimal trauma fracture (MTF), and to determine the incidence and predictors of (MTF) in long-term care residents.
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Blood pressure (BP) control in the elderly is often limited by poor compliance with prescribed regimen. Both can be influenced by clinical cognitive or mood impairments; however, the impact of subclinical alterations of cognition or mood remains...
The issue of subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) reverting to normal cognition (NC) has to date been taken in limited consideration, and no conclusive data are available on the rate of reversion. We aimed at systematically reviewing...
